Latest line: Uber drivers a winner, fur trappers a loser

Uber drivers

AB 5, a bill to classify ‘gig economy’ workers as employees, rather than contractors, giving them sick leave, minimum wage guarantees and other protections, clears Legislature and goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Fur trappers

There aren’t many left in California, but their industry is snuffed out as Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a new law pushed by environmentalists that bans all commercial trapping statewide of coyotes, foxes, beavers, badgers and other animals.

NRA

San Francisco Board of Supervisors votes to label the National Rifle Association a ‘domestic terrorist organization” for blocking gun laws amid mass shootings. But the NRA still has 5 million members and major influence over GOP lawmakers.